How I Began Independent Research (5-Step Process) 

notes: Step 1: Narrow down what your going to research into a specific topic. Step 2: Get an overview of a topic by first diving into sources such as RU-vid, documentaries, news and magazines. Try and make the learning entertaining so you don't get burnt out as easily. Step 3: Familiarize yourself in that topic by reading the overview of research papers and articles. You probably won't understand it at first but after a few more tries, you will. Bonus Tip: Find out more about the keywords that you don't understand and write them down. Do this enough times throughout the paper that you can understand the research paper/article from front to back. Step 4: Explore a problem of what your researching and show how it can be improved. Remember that there are so many different angles that you can see the problem from. Step 5: When researching, imagine that you are one of the gears working towards finding developing something new. Step 6: Follow Pratik for more advice!

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Pratik, I watch your videos religiously and can't even begin to tell you how incredibly helpful they are. As a rising freshman, I want to do well in school and pursue a career in computer science. Watching your videos gives me a lot more direction in the way I should go about high school to be able to get where I want to be in the future. Thank you.

Thank you so much for your videos! I'm a freshman who wants to find their passion and explore research. Your videos gave me a lot of inspiration and direction, and I wish you luck in college as well!

I would be more than interested if you made a specific video on the process to ISEF or how to publish research. Also, if you could tell us your journey would research, that would be greatly appreciated. Also, great and honest vid sir.

Loved the video!! I’d absolutely be interested if you covered the publication process of research, it’s difficult to know where to start without science fair or anything like it at my school. Awesome vid super helpful!!

I swear yesterday I was like "Ayo I wish Pratik made a video about his process to independent research" man this is going to so helpful as a rising freshman. Thank you brother

Thank you so much for this video. I'm an international student in freshman year and really want to do research, but there's no content in my country. I appreciate a lot this type of video, I'm very sure that you are helping a lot of students like me

Hey Pratik! I’m a freshmen and pretty deep into step 3ish stage rn for what I hope may get me into ISEF next year with astrophysics. This video, and all your other videos, are super helpful for me! Thank you so much for all of this information!

This is by far one of the if not the best RU-vid channel I have even come across. Wishing you continued successes Pratik!

Yo these videos are always so helpful and you always make them so interesting. I’d definitely be down for some more content about research and internships as well. Keep up the good work!

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Ik I’m late but, This video was really helpful. I am working on writing a social sciences research paper on how student journalism rights are affected by various economic systems and factors.

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Hi, I am a 3rd year University/ College student doing a Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology. Honestly, you have given us a roadmap to do research and eventually publish papers, which is the area that even my University Professors haven't helped me much on. So, thank you so much from Pakistan.

I have been waiting for this video!

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This comment section is incredible. Keep doing what you're doing man!

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You should do an applying to ISEF series to prep us for the upcoming season!

Hey Pratik, I love your videos and find them intellectually very helpful for my high school career. I was hoping that you could take into consideration making a video about finance/business majors and how I could find research opportunities in the investment banking field, as I'm trying to major in finance. Thank you!

I've been waiting for this one, appreciate it a lot. I asked this question on one of your recent RU-vid shorts and its related to independent research, so I would really appreciate any insight from your end. I'm currently an astrophysics-focused student doing guided research, and I have recently began diving into independent research. I am currently pursing an engineering research project related to fluid dynamics. Although, if everything goes as planned, I should be able to fabricate a physical product, I am currently just working with self-programmed simulations and machine learning algorithms. I know you're more focused on medicine, but at ISEF, to what extent do you see more purely computational model research? With one of the research internships that I am doing, I am currently creating an ML model, and you mentioned taking contributions you have under a professor and taking that to ISEF, so, as a backup, will that be viable in and of itself or should I create an accomplishing measurement device to siphon the data for such model? I've seen some projects with purely computation, but it doesn't seem that many get far, so I was wondering what it is like at the highest position.

just published my first paper after following this (on computational astronomy as a freshman), thanks Pratik

Wow, really liked the video, some great insights there! Would you make some video about publishing papers and stuff?

Make a video on science fairs and publishing papers! I love your videos by the way!

can you please make a video continuation to this about how to get started in science fairs please?

hey pratik, i just wanted to say how glad i am to have discovered your channel youve really helped in familiarizing fields such as research, internships, etc to a level where i can understand and its been incredibly helpful love your videos

Hey Pratik, I stumbled across your channel a couple days ago while searching what I should be doing freshman year to lay the groundwork for getting into t20s. I watched your video on the blueprint for all 4 years and took away the best extracurriculars like Job Shadowing, Interviews, Clubs, and Volunteering; I just wanted to ask what you did freshman year and if you have any other advice? (BTW I already figured out what my SPIKE is and what career I want to get into, CS.)

Can you make a video on publishing papers , format, and etc? Thank You.

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Hi! I recently won 1st place in ISEF, thanks for your help!!!

Great video, very insightful

What coding language should I learn for this type of research? I don't know anything about coding but everything says to learn either JavaScript or Python.

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You should go more in depth into the later parts. How to use coding in projects, how to write te actual papers and publish them and next steps.

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Bro ur videos are so helpful and motivating. How did you model the brain?

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it was really helpful please make a vid on science fares

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i’m going into my sophomore year, and i’m looking to do some kind of quantum computing research. how long did it take for you to get your research published after starting step 3? right now i’m still on the broad learning-about-the-subject stage but i’m starting to hone in on what i want to commit to studying and eventually contribute something of value to the field.

Is it still worth starting research in begining of 11th grade?

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Is it too late to start research as a sophomore? Because I’ve seen a lot of people talking about starting in 8th or 9th grade but no later than that.

Hey Preaching P, I heard coding played a crucial role in developing algorithms for your Epilepsy research. Would you mind sharing which platform you used to learn coding?"

@PreachingP Question: Do colleges think it's worse if you took a Science Research Class. Like I'm taking a class where the upper classman teach us how to find a topic, find research facilities, professors ect. and I'm wondering if that fact that I'm taking such a class would make it seem likes less work than if I had done it all with my own research. IDK what's your opinion?

Can anyone pls answer me when he meant by learning how to code, which computer language should I proceed? Python? or Java?

Awsome vlog.great info.

Hey Pratik, thanks a lot for your help! I do have a few questions. I want to do independent research in quantum mechanics, but the resources for doing research in that field are mostly in laboratories. Do you know how I could do research in this field with my computer?

Hey Pratik, I will soon be a freshman in late August. I luv the help and advice you give in your vids. Since I will start my research this fall, what platforms could I use to help myself learn to code? I've never done coding and don't take any coding classes, do you have any suggestions for websites or platforms that could help me learn how to code? Is Khan Academy a good option to learn to code? Thanks buddy.

Hello P, I understand that the content you make is typically meant for more intelligent people and not average students like myself but Can you give me any advice towards a person like me i have decent gpa of 3.9 but i would say I'm lacking in extracurriculars and test scores? my SAT score is around 1050. I have pretty mid ecs and is going into senior year my goal really isnt to make it to any big named university of any sorts just colleges and stateschools

I love your channel! I’ve personally been following the process you listed out in the vid for awhile now and hav narrowed down on a topic of interest and am delving into it. It’s a coding science fair project idea but I was wonder if you could give me advice on how to email professors if they’re interested in mentoring me. Should I list out achievements or focus on idea and passion? And what would I do in a situation where more than one person replied saying they’re willing to work with me?

Hi Preaching P, would you recommend doing research with a professor, or doing it independently? Thanks!

Preaching P I got a question for you. I have been doing research this summer with a program. They recommended Journal of Student Research(JSR) for publication. What journal do you recommend when added to college apps?

Please make a video on how to publish your own research paper from scratch 🙏

Would you say that debate is time-worthy in high school for a pre-med student? Especially since joining debate would mean less time for independent research or preparing for science competitions. I've heard that debate and model un carry a similar prestige, and I watched the ranking extracurriculars video - so would you agree that debate is very pointless? Also, what’s your opinion on the ap capstone diploma program? If there’s ap classes (ap music theory and ap psychology) I want to take instead, are those better options?

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hey somebody doing this type of research: if im starting over the summer how many hours can i expect to dedicate per week to this / how many weeks or months does the entire process (beginning to publishing paper) take?

I'm sort of confused by the labelling of steps 4 and 5. Even though step 4 is labelled implementation, it also has aspects of ideation, and even though step 5 is labelled ideation, it also has aspects of implementation. Thanks for the video though, can't find this content anywhere else on yt :)

Hello, I was wondering if you could consider making a video for students who don’t know which path to take in their studies and career.

Hey Pratik, I love your content. It has helped me so much as a first generation student. I have a question. Is it too late to start individual research as a rising junior?

Hi, thank you for making such inspiring RU-vid videos. For an 8th grader who wants to learn coding for doing science fair projects, what is the best way to do so? Any website or online courses you would recommend? Many thanks in advance. It seems like coding related science fair project is the most assessable for this age group. Again, very grateful for any advice you may have.

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Bro i am Aadarsh from India I want to participate in ISEF but I am interested in Mathematics. So can you provide me an outline on how to *build* the question of my research paper.

prathik ! i was able to get a professor for mentoring as well as an objective for the project, but im going to need an irb since its survey based. obtaining an irb is a super long process and its not worth it cus id be in college by then. do you know of any alternatives? my prof said that science fairs might be able to grant permissions but im not sure how i would go about that

Great video but what if I want to study business or finance upon entering high school. I know of the other opportunities but I am just wondering if research would work for fields like these.

Would independent research or an internship be better for cs?

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can compsci comete at science fair?

Hey Pratik, I want to begin pursuing research in order to compete in ISEF. However, my state fair is in the spring and it is currently the early fall. Do you think I am too late? You made it sound like this is a long term process over a year or longer.

Video on Publishing would b Great ,

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How should I go about doing survey-based independent research?

Is it too late for a Junior to learn how to code for a research project. I want to pursue CS-Medicine research in college as well, so is it worth it to learn even if it hurts my spike?

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Hello! I was wondering if you have any computer science related research ideas?

I have no idea where to start the research. Do I write my research in google docs or something? and what websites and where do I find the already published research papers to read them? Do I submit my research paper at my school or something or on a website? what website should I publish my research on? I'm in 10th grade and I want to publish a research paper about neuroscience.

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video about science fairs pls

First but who cares! Also great video!

Hiii! :D Must independent research be scientifically based to be published or continuously considered? I have a few thesis topics that I really super like but they all lean towards social, political, and legal sciences. They'll all include a TON of published numerical values and statistics- but it's not cancer based or anything. Is this alright? 👀😭

I have my project ready and I wanna participate in ISEF; how should I go with it?

Hello prateek (i think thats your name) I am confused by the fact that you only talk about scientific research. Can I do research in the fields of arts and humanities? Is it worth it?

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hey, where can i find legit research papers?

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W also can we read an learn about ur research

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